01/20/2012

Close Brothers reports asset management loss

Tough times are continuing at the Securities division of merchant banking group Close Brothers, but the Banking division continues to do well, with good growth in the loan book.

01/19/2012

Barclays Wealth boosts Cardiff operations

Mr Rowsell – who has 28 years’ experience in private banking – joins Barclays Wealth from Coutts & Co, where he was instrumental in helping to establish and develop its regional business in South Wales over the past 13 years.

01/16/2012

Reinsurance brokerage giant to move HQ to London

The move won’t trigger any job losses in Chicago, which will remain the firm’s Americas headquarters, the broker said today in a statement. The firm plans to add 1,000 jobs across the U.S. this year, it added.